Timeline for Is the "will" in "can and will" necessary?
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| Jul 29, 2017 at 2:12 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Jul 29, 2017 at 2:07 | comment | added | Hassan | Suppose, after being given the warning, I said "I am a black man." The police have just guaranteed that will be used against me in a court of law, haven't they? | |
| Jun 1, 2013 at 3:46 | answer | added | davarinofuntucson | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 31, 2013 at 19:35 | vote | accept | Darrel Hoffman | ||
| May 31, 2013 at 14:21 | answer | added | John Lawler | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 31, 2013 at 13:58 | history | edited | RegDwigнt |
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| May 31, 2013 at 11:20 | comment | added | user32047 | Perhaps it's presenting a worst-case scenario to cover themselves. If they use what the accused says, they can say, "We told you we'd use it!" If they don't, the accused isn't going to complain that they broke their promise. | |
| May 31, 2013 at 11:18 | answer | added | TrevorD | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 31, 2013 at 10:52 | answer | added | Jon Hanna | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 31, 2013 at 6:39 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 31, 2013 at 6:21 | comment | added | Kris | Per grammar, this is a NARQ. Both can & will are well defined and they are used in their standard sense here. If you are debating the interpretation and its implications, that would be off-topic. Either way the Q needs to be closed. | |
| May 31, 2013 at 6:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/340349606644830208 | ||
| May 31, 2013 at 5:54 | comment | added | Stan | I am not sure about the grammar part, but Hollywood doesn't have it wrong -- see the case document Miranda v. Arizona - 384 U.S. 436 (1966): "... The warning of the right to remain silent must be accompanied by the explanation that anything said can and will be used against the individual in court. ..." | |
| May 31, 2013 at 5:34 | comment | added | Taxtwice | This isn't a bad point, but I think it entirely depends on what the PERP says, if they even say anything that at all. Saying nothing at all renders "will" void, unless silence suddenly becomes incriminating. | |
| May 31, 2013 at 5:27 | history | asked | Darrel Hoffman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |